Power co team attacked in Bismillahnagar:Police open fire

Power co team attacked in Bismillahnagar:Police open fire
By our correspondent
Ahmedabad,DeshGujarat, 11 April, 2010



Ahmedabad’s Danilimda police had to open fire to scatter an irate Muslim mobs on Saturday afternoon when a squad from Torrent Power Ltd was attacked with stones in the area. Torrent Power team was here to check illegal power connections along with a police team. This Muslim locality of Bismillahnagar row-houses near Goodluck barrel market area in Danilimda police station area had large number of illegal connections. When Torrent team reached having this information, the Muslims protested forming crowds and pelted stones after which the police fired one round in the air. Torrent Power’s manager Narsinh Brahmbhatt filed a complaint on the basis of which Police rounded up at least 12 persons for pelting stones and attacking Torrent team.